The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-07
FLORIDA

bushels of Irish potatoes to the acre this
season.
The Chattahoochee river is higher than
was ever known before and all the crops in
the river bottoms are total loss.
The growing of different varieties of to-
bacco will be one of the new features of the
| State Agricultural College next season.
At Citra gambling den was shot into
| Friday night by some unknown person.
! -Four negroes were shot, two painfully if
| not fatally.
wednesday night thief entered the resi-
dence of J. w Hall, of Live Oak, and
robbed him of about $36 in cash, gold
ring and $50 in notes.
There are several large families in Column
bia county, of eight to twelve members
each, that have grown up and have never
called in medical aid.
A ship laden with timber took fire and
was ran ashore at Tortugas last week. 1t
| is reported that one of the Morgan steam
ships rescued the crew.
| 1t was the desire of the Congregational
lists of New Smyrna TO form with the Meth
| odlsts a union church, with Mr.. MeWatters
| as pastor, but the offer was declined
| The scholars of the New Smyrna Sunday
| school are raising fund for the purpose of
making their teacher. Mrs Jane Sheldon, a
life member of the Methodist Church Mis-
| sionary Society.
\ number of the farmers in the northern
part of Columbia county have laid by their
crops and are now cutting logs and throw
ing them into the Suwannee river for Buckis
mill at Ellaville
| j. Piodelli, wine merchant, senior mem
Der of the firm of ~. Piodelli & Son, doing
an extensive wholesale and retail BUSINESS at
| Key West, died last week after brief ill
ness of kidney troubles
While on the peninsula, recently, C. H.
| Root, of New Smyrna, saw q snake so
wound in a spider web that it was power
less, while several large spiders were busy
bleeding it to death. The snake was about
four feet long
prominent boarding house of Daytona,
served porpoise steak for dinner the other
day. The boarders when asked how they
liked the meat all responded favorably but
none of them could tell what it was The
replies ranged from liver to ham,
Mr.. Bruce, who owns the Bombay Manu-
featuring company's large store, reports
business brisk, and the prospects for a re-
munerative fall trade are very encouraging.
He states that more business has been done
this summer than in any preceding winter.
The firm of Makinson g. Katz, of Barlow,
made an assignment Tuesday to W. b. Ma
kinson. Their liabilities are S21 900; their
assets will exceed their liabilities; the pre-
ferred creditors represent $4,000 The in
dications are that every account will be
paid in full, dollar for dollar
A wealthy Mexican capitalist, lust ar
rived in Key West, is said to be negotiating
with Louis Pierce and others, for the purchase
Of one of the upper keys, which viii imme-
diately be laid off in town lots and a Cuban
colony located thereon. Several Key West
manufacturers, anticipate transferring their
interests there.
At Fort Meade Friday the Polk County
Real Estate and Banking Association was
formed, with ID. Hughes as President; Will
liam Van, Treasurer; +. N. Warn Secre-
tary. Tho organization is similar to that
now IL operation at Jacksonville, and rep
resents tho wealth of the county.
s. o. Chase has resigned his position as
treasurer of the land department of the
South Florida Railroad Company, and that
office has been merged into the Office of the
treasurer Of the railroad. DR.. G, c. Has
kell, Treasurer, and Mr.. w. II. McAllister,
Cashier, are in charge of all matters here
tofore transacted by the former office.
Gov. Perry made the following appoint
ments Friday; To be Supervisors of Regis
tration, w. J. Daniel, for fernando county;
j. o. Andrews, for Levy county;J w. Ad-
erhold for Osceola county, and John H.
Merryday, for Putnam county. To be
County Commissioner for Alachua county
w. ID. Dickerson; to be County Commits
sioner for Volusia county, l.. ID. Hueston
Current reports in Orlando say that
enough stock has been taken to establish
another bank in that city, and the new in
stitution will open for business at an early
day. 1t is to DO located in the south room
Of the new Kedney building, which is to be
especially fitted up for the purpose The
stock is mostly taken by Orlando people,
and will be somewhere about the figure of
$50, 600 unless it should be decided to large
ly increase the capital stock and admit
Eastern capital.
On Sunday. July 10, man by the name
of Henry Dees was passing the place of
Rufus Robinson, near Live Oak, and seeing
n peach tree limb hanging over the fence
near him he reached up and procured three
of the peaches. Mr.. Robinson being in the |
house near by saw Mr. Dees take the fruit |
and last Saturday he had Mr.. Dees tried for |
stealing The first and second Jury failed |
TO agree on a verdict, so the case was con |
tinued until last Monday, when another |
jury (making the third came TO decision |
and rendered a verdict Of mot guilty"
William Cooper, the colored man con-
victed, at the last term of the Circuit Court, |
of the murder of Liverpool Balm and George |
Hudson and an attempt upon the life of an |
other one of his coal-Durning neighbors on |
Pine Key, in accordance with the verdict of |
the court and the order of the Governor. |
suffered in the Jail yard at Key West last |
week Saturday the awful penalty of the |
crime for which he stood guilty. He |
showed remarkable fortitude and bravery |
in his last moments, but he made no address |
whatever to the thousands of curious spec
tators. He died from strangulation.
AT New Smyrna Jake Whisenhunt's rela-
tions would not let him go to camp-meeting,
because IL snot believed that he had good |
sense. But one night he ran away, got 10
the arbor ahead of all of the congregation,
and climbed up on huge cr6ss-beam, right
over the altar. Soon the arbor was filled |
with worshipers, and it wasn't very long
before the altar was full of mourners. One
old sister got happy, shouted, clapped her
hands, pointed straight up at Jake, and
cried: III see my Jesus! / see my .Jesus!n
"You are mistaken, madame said
Jake, suddenly making himself visit
BILE 1T air not Jesus, but Jake Whisen-
hunt whom you Sec"
About . o'clock Tuesday night the Lake
Charm neighborhood was alarmed at hear
ing one of the most unearthly dins that ever
emanated from horse fiddle, cow-bell, mill
saw, or score OF tin pans of every size and
shape, the primo cause of which was the
marriage of old Mr.. John s. Wormble.
This Is his fourth marriage, and he has
probably heard the above described seren-
nades until they are like Mark Twain's
patient man, REALLY growing monotonous. ~
In fact, he entered "a demurrer nj first Nv |